Disposition of the purifier of water and steam of a belleville generator.



C. RADIGUER.

DISPOSITION OF THE PURIFIER OF WATER AND STEAM OF A 'BELLEVILLE GENERATOR.

APPLICATION FILED APR. I6, I914.

Patented Oct. 3, 1916.

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CHARLES RADIGUER, oF'sT-DENIs, rRArro AssIGNoR o SOCIETE ANoNYME DES ETABLISSEMENTS DELAUNAY-BELLEVILL oF ST.-DE1\TIS, r ANc ncoRPoRA- TION 0F FRANCE.

nIsPosITIon or THE PURIFIER OF WATER AND. sTEAMoF A BELLRVILLE GENERATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented Oct. 3, 1916.

Application filed April 16, 1914.. Serial no. 832,373;

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES RADIGUER, citizen of the French Republic, residing at St.Denis, Department of the Seine, in France, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in the Disposition of the Purifier of ater and Steam of a Belleville Generator; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to separators or purifiers for boiler tubes of steam generators, and has for its object to provide an improved separator especially adapted for use in steam generators of the Belleville type, and which is so constructed as to effect a complete separation of the water and steam discharged by the boiler tubes.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a vertical section through the separator, the section being taken through the axis of one of the tubes discharging into the separator; and Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken on the line X-X of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawing, it will be seen that the separator comprises a casing A, which is preferably cylindrical in shape, into the interior of which a plurality of tubes B project, only one of the tubes being shown in the drawing. The tubes B preferably rise to a point slightly above the center of the casing A, as clearly shown in Fig. 1 and are provided at their extremities with the deflecting plugs Z). The inner surface of each of the plugs b is preferably conical in shape, the sides of the cone being preferably concaved toward the discharge end of the tube, so as to deflect the mixture of steam and water passing through the tube B outwardly in directions substantially at right angles to the axis of the tube. The top of each tube B is provided with a series of openings C located just below the deflecting plug 2), so as to permit the escape of the steam and water deflected by the plug 6.

Positioned in the casing A just below the openings C is a perforated plate or partition E h g ent ext emit l pertioes D projecting'upwardly toward the top of the casing A'at an angle of approximately The extreme edge portions of the bent extremities D are further bent to lie in sub stantially a horizontal plane, as indicated at cl, and form between them an opening through which the steam is allowed to escape to the space, indicated at F, where it makes contactwith a baffle G. This bafi'le is disposed in substantially a horizontal plane and serves to deflect the steam escaping between the edge portions d clownwardly. For this purpose, the end portions of the baffie G are inclined downwardly, as indicated at g. After the steam is deflected in this manner by the end portions of the baffle G, it rises above the baffle G and is permitted to escape from the separator through the discharge tube H.

The mixture of steam and water entering through each tube B is deflected by the plugs 7) and discharged through the open ings C in substantially a horizontal direction on to the inclined end portions D of the partition E. The greater quantity of water entrained with the steam is, therefore, deflected downwardly on to the partition E, while the steam from which the greater quantity has been removed is allowed to rise into the space F. The perforated partition E permits the water to pass to the bottom of the separator and prevents the surface of the water in the separator from being violently acted upon by the steam above the partition. The bent edge or lip portions d serve to retain any particles of water which may be carried upwardly by the flow of steam and thus permit evaporation of such particles.

By the time the steam reaches the portion F of the separator, it is freed of substantially all of the water, but to effect a final separation and to effectively dry'the steam, the baffle G is provided which serves to collect when the steam impinges thereon any particles of water not separated by the portions D of the partition E. The change in the direction of the flow of the steam effected by the inclined end portions 9 of the baffle G facilitates this final separation of the water and allows the particles of water so separated to run downwardly to the extreme edge portions of the baffle G, where they increase size, due to thell combining With other small particles of water until the current of steam passing by the edge portions 9 removes the drops so formed and impels them against-the Walls of the separator, thereby allowing them to pass to the bottom of the separator and combine with the main body of separated Water. the time the steam reaches the discharge pipe H, it is freed of practically all of the Water.

Obviously numerous changes and modificationsmay bemade in the details of the construction, without departing from the spirit 'orscope of the invention, as defined in the accompanying claim.

hat I claim-is:-

A separatorfor boiler tubes, comprising Copies of this patent may-be [obtained :for

It Will, therefore, be seen that by.

a casing, a tube projecting into the interior of the same, a transverse perforated partition through which the upper end of the tube projects, said partition having inwardly bent extremital portions, and means associated With said tube to direct the Water and steam discharged therefrom on to said bent eXtremital portions of the partition, whereby the Water is directed'toward the perforations in the partition and the steam allowed to rise toward the top of the casing. I

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature, in presence of two Witnesses.

CHARLES RADIGUER. \Vitnesses:

CHAS. P. PREssLY, LOUIS JossE.

five cents each,-by addressing the-Gommissionerof Patents, Washington, D. G. 

